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Highest Paying Jobs in Arkansas

The highest paying job in Arkansas is family medicine physician, with an average salary of $232,230 a year, followed by general internal medicine physician ($210,540) and health specialties teacher, postsecondary ($205,560). All 497 jobs in Arkansas below are ranked by average pay from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

#1 Family medicine physician $232,230 average a year #2 General internal medicine physician $210,540 average a year #3 Health specialties teacher, postsecondary $205,560 average a year

Highest Paying Jobs in Arkansas, ranked

of 497 jobs match.

# Job Average Median
1 Family medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $232,230 $215,820
2 General internal medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $210,540 $233,130
3 Health specialties teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $205,560 $124,890
4 Nurse anesthetist Healthcare Practitioners $198,540 $224,280
5 Pediatrician Healthcare Practitioners $182,700 $160,440
6 Psychiatrist Healthcare Practitioners $182,100 $124,750
7 Dentist Healthcare Practitioners $174,280 $178,930
8 CEO Management $164,930 $119,990
9 Purchasing manager Management $159,840 $156,450
10 Airline pilot Transportation and Material Moving $152,980 $168,970
11 Architectural and engineering manager Management $148,470 $140,600
12 Marketing manager Management $148,230 $136,520
13 Physicist Science $146,880 $135,820
14 Radiologist Healthcare Practitioners $140,990 $75,600
15 Compensation and benefits manager Management $140,120 $100,810
16 Computer and information systems manager Management $138,910 $127,220
17 Natural sciences manager Management $137,590 $119,430
18 Financial manager Management $136,680 $116,570
19 Public relations manager Management $136,310 $104,170
20 Sales manager Management $135,820 $108,330
21 Pharmacist Healthcare Practitioners $135,780 $136,060
22 Lawyer Legal $131,680 $98,880
23 Nurse practitioner Healthcare Practitioners $130,260 $125,660
24 Human resources manager Management $129,780 $108,580
25 Industrial production manager Management $129,370 $118,120
26 Optometrist Healthcare Practitioners $125,460 $124,470
27 Computer hardware engineer Architecture and Engineering $120,220 $120,290
28 Computer network architect Computer and Mathematical $119,000 $110,400
29 Physician assistant Healthcare Practitioners $118,430 $118,430
30 Training and development manager Management $117,780 $101,830
31 Data scientist Computer and Mathematical $116,320 $109,390
32 Engineering teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $115,910 $104,210
33 Advertising and promotions manager Management $115,330 $74,880
34 Chemical engineer Architecture and Engineering $114,140 $105,270
35 Database architect Computer and Mathematical $113,190 $104,070
36 Financial advisor Business and Financial $113,140 $79,420
37 Sales engineer Sales $113,010 $130,760
38 Materials engineer Architecture and Engineering $112,240 $103,900
39 Computer programmer Computer and Mathematical $112,070 $111,840
40 Statistician Computer and Mathematical $109,740 $105,720
41 Software developer Computer and Mathematical $109,590 $104,490
42 Transportation, storage, and distribution manager Management $108,830 $89,200
43 Air traffic controller Transportation and Material Moving $108,570 $109,760
44 Veterinarian Healthcare Practitioners $108,100 $107,710
45 Electronics engineer Architecture and Engineering $106,450 $109,830
46 Occupational therapist Healthcare Practitioners $104,940 $106,360
47 Information security analyst Computer and Mathematical $102,980 $103,490
48 Facilities manager Management $102,290 $89,810
49 Education administrator, postsecondary Management $102,280 $78,240
50 Aerospace engineer Architecture and Engineering $102,100 $102,040

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published 2026), and Employment Projections education and training assignments (2025). State pages rank jobs by average (mean) salary, which BLS publishes for every job in every state; a dash means it did not publish the median. Jobs with fewer than 20,000 workers nationally are not listed.

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About the Highest Paying Jobs

Highest Paying Jobs ranks 515 US jobs by what they actually pay, using the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey (May 2025, published 2026). Filter the list by field, by the education a job needs to start, or by a minimum salary, and sort it by median pay, average pay, what the top 10% earn, hourly wage or the number of people in the job. Ready-made rankings answer the common questions: the highest paying jobs without a degree, with only a high school diploma, with an associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree, entry-level and trade jobs, the best-paid jobs in healthcare, tech, engineering and ten other fields, and the highest paying jobs in each of the 50 states and Washington DC. Every job links to its own salary page with hourly pay, the full pay range and pay by state.

How to use it

  1. 1 Start with the full ranking, or pick a ready-made list such as jobs without a degree, a field or your state.
  2. 2 Narrow it down with the field, education and minimum pay filters, or search for a job.
  3. 3 Sort by median salary, top 10% pay, hourly wage or most workers.
  4. 4 Open any job to see its pay range, hourly and monthly pay and salary in every state.

Frequently asked questions

What is the highest paying job in Arkansas?

Family medicine physician pays the most, with an average salary of $232,230 a year. The top three are family medicine physician ($232,230), general internal medicine physician ($210,540), health specialties teacher, postsecondary ($205,560).

How many jobs in Arkansas pay over $100,000?

55 of the 497 jobs in Arkansas have an average salary of $100,000 or more a year.

Which well-paid job in Arkansas has the most openings?

General and operations manager employs the most people among the best-paid jobs there, with about 34,570 workers and an average salary of $94,780. More people in a job usually means more openings each year.

Do jobs pay more in Arkansas?

Pay is usually higher where living costs are higher, so compare a salary with rent and taxes as well. Each job’s page shows its pay in every state, and the take-home pay calculator shows a salary after state tax.